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they can go.” He reiterated his point that the supervisors should seek new ways of raising revenues.
Charlie Eldred of Washington, citing needs of the county that must be met, said that additional revenue will have to be generated: “But we can’t solve the problem with a tax on one group of people,” meaning landowners. “We have to attack the problem from many angles.”
Regarding education, Eldred said it was “hard to understand how the supervisors could slash so quickly $120,000 from the (school) budget after the school board worked long and hard on it. We need to look deeper into the issue.” He felt that the cut ordered by the supervisors gave the impression that they viewed public education as a “necessary evil.” He urged the supervisors to work hard to solve the problems in the budget, specifically the school budget. “We can’t put education on the back burner.”
Sharon Kilpatrick of Woodville claimed that the state was hypocritical in allowing land use taxation while still basing the formula that determines payment per pupil on fair market value taxation. She urged the Board to seek a change in the formula so that “the state can’t penalize us for using land use taxation.”
Eugene Leggett of Washington said “He who pays the piper should play the tune.” He noted that this was happening due to the many taxpayers who showed up for the meeting to register complaints against repeated tax increases. Leggett supported further study of the budget, acknowledging a mistrust among many people of numerous line items in the budget.
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